Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Calling Out Trump’s Comment, “I Don’t Think About Americans’ Financial Situation” As War With Iran Causes Cost Of Living To Skyrocket; Urges Senate Republicans To Vote For Seventh War Powers Resolution

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke on the Senate floor calling out President Trump for saying, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” after his costly and unpopular war with Iran has caused the price of gas and other essentials to skyrocket and urging Senate Republicans to vote for Senator Merkley’s (D-OR) War Powers Resolution. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Trump was talking about his disastrous Iran war when he said: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation.”

Trump launched this war without a plan, without a clear objective, and without any thought to how it might affect the American people.

When Hegseth and other Pentagon officials came to testify at the end of April, they said this war cost American taxpayers $25 billion, well yesterday, they revised that figure to $29 billion.

Trump has forced American taxpayers to sink at least $29 billion into a war that still has no endgame.

$29 billion is just the sticker price and doesn’t include the hundreds of additional dollars American families will have to pay this year just to fill up their tanks.

Americans are paying over four and a half dollars a gallon at the pump, more than a dollar and a half above what it was when Trump started this war.

If Senate Republicans care about Americans’ financial situation – which they should – they need to vote for our War Powers Resolution today to limit Trump’s ability to continue this war without authorization. Senator Merkley will be introducing that War Powers Resolution, which I’m proud to cosponsor, in a little while.

Today’s vote will be the Republicans’ seventh, seventh, opportunity to support our resolution to withdraw our troops from hostilities with Iran and stop the economic fallout from this historic blunder.

Americans’ financial situation is dire, and Republicans don’t think about anyone other than Donald Trump.

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